News Release from: Highbury Business
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 31 January 2006
Optical comms conference spreads net wider
The European Conference on Optical Communication is broadening its technical content for 2006 as the reach of optical communications moves closer to the end user.
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The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) - the second largest event of its kind in the world - is broadening its technical content for 2006 as the reach of optical communications moves closer to the end user as part of the move to a truly converged world. In line with the conference scope, the ECOC exhibition will also address optical extension to the end user. The show is being held this year at the Palais des Festivals and des Congres in Cannes between the 24th and 28th September.
For the first time there will be a significant presence to reflect the crucial and growing role that optical communications is playing in the broadband and access arenas and this has been welcomed by many of the leading companies taking part.
'The converged world of communications is happening all around us and affecting all our lives every single day', said Simon Kears, Nexus Media Marketing Manager.
'Perhaps the most common example has been the spread of Broadband and it is the bandwidth carrying capability of optical communications that has made this revolution possible'.
'It was therefore a natural progression for ECOC to begin to reflect how the industry's commitment to research and constant new developments are continuing to play a fundamental role in how communications is changing for all of us - wherever we are on the planet'.
The extension of the ECOC 2006 programme will include various presentations from two new categories: 'Backbone and metro core networks' and 'Broadband and access networks'.
The conference organisers remind all companies intending to propose a speaker submission that the deadline for this is Thursday 20th April 2006.
'The ECOC exhibition has been growing in status over the last few years and this new broader technical conference content is an exciting yet inevitable step'.
'This new scope is the result of the tendency observed in the previous years' submitted papers as well as in exhibitor requirements', commented Jean-Luc Beylat, ECOC 2006 Conference Chair.
This year's all-new ECOC exhibition will also include a first ever free-of-charge two-day series of presentations on key technology trends and market shifts.
Market Focus, featuring internationally renowned senior speakers from within the industry, will be located in the main exhibition hall.
Companies already attending this prestigious event include Intel, Bookham, Agilent, Pirelli, JDS Uniphase and NiCT.
More than 3000 visitors and over 1000 conference delegates visited the 2005 ECOC event at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow.
Already, ECOC 2006 is expected to attract more than 1500 delegates to this year's event and organisers expect increases in exhibitor and visitor numbers.
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